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The Goon Show

Series 9

The Battle of Spion Kop

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 4 months

Things aren't going well in The South African War. Time to send in the cutlery.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1958. Show less

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